Blue
Origin
is
preparing
to
launch
its
NS-27
mission
with
the
RSS
Kármán
Line,
its
new
crew
capsule,
on
Monday
at
9AM
ET.
It
will
be
the
first
launch
for
the
capsule,
which
the
company
says
in
its
announcement
will
have
improved
performance
and
reusability,
along
with
“an
updated
livery,
and
accommodations
for
payloads
on
the
booster.”
The
flight
will
carry
two
LIDAR
sensors
into
space
that
will
be
used
for
Blue
Origin’s
Lunar
Permanence
program
to
develop
Moon
landers.
Those
are
among
12
payloads
that
also
include
ultra-wideband
proximity
operations
sensors,
a
reproduction
of
the
black
monoliths
from
2001:
A
Space
Odyssey,
and
student
postcards
submitted
to
its
Club
for
the
Future
nonprofit.
Blue
Origin
will
stream
the
launch
on
its
website,
starting
15
minutes
before
liftoff.
If
Monday’s
launch
takes
place
as
planned,
it
will
be
the
second
New
Shepard
flight
since
May,
when
the
company
carried
out
its
first
crewed
launch
since
2022.
Blue
Origin
completed
another
New
Shepard
mission
in
August.
NS-27’s
next
flight
comes
as
Blue
Origin
works
toward
the
goal
of
becoming
a
real
SpaceX
competitor.
Company
CEO
Dave
Limp,
the
former
Amazon
hardware
boss
who
took
over
late
last
year,
said
the
company
needs
to
“be
able
to
build
things
a
lot”
to
become
“a
world
class
manufacturer”
in
an
interview
with
CNBC.
“We’d
like
to
[be
delivering]
about
an
engine
a
week
by
the
end
of
the
year.
I’m
not
sure
we’ll
get
exactly
to
a
week,
but
it’ll
be
sub-10
days
…
[and]
by
the
end
of
2025,
we
have
to
be
faster
than
that,”
Limp
said.
Blue
Origin
plans
to
launch
New
Glenn,
its
big
reusable
booster
that
recently
completed
its
first
second-stage
hot
fire
test,
for
the
first
time
in
November.
Blue
Origin
says
the
rocket
can
deliver
45,000
kilograms
(more
than
99,000
pounds)
into
low
Earth
orbit,
which
CNBC
notes
is
roughly
double
what
SpaceX’s
Falcon
9
can
do.
The
company
also
hopes
to
land
the
booster
on
its
first
flight.
(Originally posted by Wes Davis)
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